F.B. Leopold Company, Inc. has won the contract to provide a wastewater treatment plant upgrade in Washington, D.C.

The contract was awarded by the District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority (DC WASA) for the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant and entails furnishing, installing and placing into successful operation the complete filtration system for the Phase 1 filter upgrade. This project, for our nations capital, is Leopolds largest single tertiary filtration upgrade in its 80 years of service to the water and wastewater industry.

Leopold, along with its contracting partners Archer Western Contractors, Ltd., of Sandston, Va.; C&E Services Inc. of Washington; Langley Traffic Services, Inc., of Trevose, Pa.; and Duffield Hauling of King George, Va., is scheduled to begin the project in early 2004 and to complete it by mid-2007.